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Carter v. State

Citations

  • 82 So. 3d 993
  • 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 12733
  • 2011 WL 3558153

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  • holding that a field test alone was not competent evidence of drug use when the officer performing the test did not know the name of the test or how it worked scientifically and he acknowledged that the test had been inaccurate on a prior occasion
  • stating “[hjearsay is admissible at a probation revocation hearing to supplement or explain other, competent evidence, but hearsay alone will not support revocation”
  • distinguishing Terry where probation officer testifying to test results “gave no indication that he was certified to administer the test, or had in fact administered it with any frequency”
  • “Hearsay is admissible at a probation revocation hearing to supplement or explain other, competent evidence, but hearsay alone will not support revocation.”
  • “Hearsay is admissible at a probation revocation hearing to supplement or explain other, competent evidence, but hearsay alone will not support revocation.”

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Judges: Benton, Clark, Marstiller

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